Piers Morgan Lashes Out On Twitter Against Petition Asking White House To Deport Him

Piers Morgan lashed out on Twitter today after a petition on the White House’s official website demanding his deportation blew past the 25,000 signature mark necessary to require an official response.

The petition, now over 45,000 signatures, asks the White House to deport Morgan, a CNN host, for what it calls an attack on the second amendment. Morgan, who is British, has been an outspoken advocate for gun control in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings earlier this month. The petition calls his advocacy a “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution,” and demands that he “be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights and for exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens.”

In the early going, Morgan seemed to be amused by the petition, retweeting links to it and playfully urging his followers to sign. But, after the petition passed the 25,000 threshold, he returned to Twitter to bash it, calling it ridiculous and stating that his positions on gun control are not anti-constitutional but rather common sense. Morgan also retweeted a number of tweets supporting him.

Bizarre petitions have found a home on The White House’s easy-to-troll petition site. Others have called upon the White House to build a Death Star (31,000 signatures) and allow Texas to secede (120,000), so a petition asking the White House to deport a media personality exercising his right to free speech seems to fit right in. It should be noted that there are many worthy petitions on the site as well, but the weird ones tend to stand out.

When considering Morgan’s criticism of the petition, his influence on the signature count should not be ignored. Morgan has broadcast the petition to his over three million Twitter followers multiple times, so it would not be shocking if a number of the signees actually found out about the petition from him. Whether Morgan is the cause of its popularity or not, you can expect him to continue the milk the petition for all it’s worth. Its existence helps him paint those opposing him as crazy and should also generate interest in what he has to say.

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I noted the end of the article stated: “…Its existence [the petition] helps him paint those opposing him as crazy”… They didn’t need his help. This is the same as the nitwits wanting to secede from the Union because they can’t get their way. It’s because of people like this that charlatans like Robert Tilton and Benny Hinn are millionaires.

Our rights given to us by the U.S. Constitution, do NOT cover FOREIGN “media personalities”. Period. If he wants to hide behind OUR freedom of speech and expression, become a citizen of the U.S. Do the paperwork, take the oath, then you can say whatever you want. That is why we left YOUR country 200 some odd years ago.

I live in the Uk, despite many things being wrong in my country, having to worry about the safety of my three children at school due to people having unrestricted access to military grade weapons and ridiculous amounts of ammunition is not one of them. I would question whether any country is truly democratic when its population feels the need to bare arms in order to uphold this, I prefer peaceful democratic processes myself. Your attitude is misguided to say the least, sadly the tragic events that precipitated Piers Morgans comments will happen again and again and again. With rights should come responsibilities, why when a mother had a small cache of arms and tried to refer her son to a therapist, did she not take greater measures to secure her weapons and ammunition. Why was a mentally unstable 20 year old allowed to shoot at a gun club. Why was a woman affiliated with a survivalist group allowed to go anywhere near a school, as a teacher or otherwise. Why does any civilian citizen feel the need to keep more ammunition that an active service man in the field of combat carries around. Why, if you you genuinely felt the need to defend your property would you keep semi automatic rifles when in fact a hand gun is more appropriate for defending yourself at close quarters ? etc etc etc etc etc

You’ll notice that there are very few of these killings in the US. And yes, there have been school massacres in the UK.

Oh, and while you’re at it–could you perhaps review for us the number of people killed by the IRA, both in Ireland and the UK? Did you feel safe when they were frequent car bombings around the country? Any in your town?

And lastly, your comment about the “right to bear [bare] arms reflecting on the likelihood that a country is not democratic” makes no sense at all. But then again, the US doesn’t have a royal family to be subjugated to, and an aristocracy to bow down to. Just how democratic is that?

Bill, although I agree with the sentiment, you are factually incorrect. The Constitution doesn’t give us any rights, they are God (or if you prefer, Nature) given. The fact that we exist means that we have certain rights. Dictatorships take those rights away. The Bill of Rights just enumerates several of those rights that it is the job of the government to ensure and protect. What the Second Amendment boils down to is to acknowledge the fact that we all have a God-given right to protect ouselves, especially from the government.

Your statements are so true. Why should parents need to buy insterts for their childs backpacks to deflect bullets from a rifle that should not be available anyway. Why should we have armed guards at all schools. There are so many whys and so many people out there that think these type of guns are ok. There should also be a limit on amunition that one person can buy in their lifetime.